For much of their history in the United States, Latinos have occupied a middle position along the country’s racial hierarchy, claiming certain privileges while suffering other forms of exclusion. This presentation explores that middle space of citizenship through the lens of medicine and medical discourse, and will focus on descriptions of Latino illness and health in turn of the twentieth century medical journals, emphasizing both the positioning of Latinos within developing racial sciences and the ability of medical discourse to illuminate broader questions of national belonging and citizenship.

All are Welcome

Note: The next history of medicine seminar will be on Friday, November 21,2-3:30pm in the Lister Hill Visitor’s Center, NLM’s Bldg 38A. Lester Friedman of Hobart and William Smith Colleges with speak on “Through the Looking Glass: Medicine and Media”

Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD Coordinator of Public Services History of Medicine Division National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services 301-435-4995 [email protected]

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